A RTI response has revealed that in the last three years, the Narendra Modi government has provided approximately Rs 68 crore as subsidy to states to modernise slaughterhouses.

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Rohit Kumar Singh

Patna

July 4, 2017

UPDATED: July 5, 2017 00:39 IST

Workers at closed abattoir in Allahabad (Photo: AP)

A RTI response has revealed that between 2014 and 2017, the Narendra Modi government has provided approximately Rs 68 crore as subsidy to states to run slaughterhouses.

The query in this regard was made by Iqbal Ansari, a local Janata Dal United leader from Darbhanga, on May 17.

The Ministry for Food Processing Industries replied that the government ran a scheme for the establishment and modernization of slaughterhouses, under which subsidy was provided. The maximum amount that could be provided as subsidy under the scheme was Rs 15 crore.

It's worth noting that the Narendra Modi government provided the maximum subsidies to states where there's a BJP government, or a government that's running with the support of the BJP.